2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - GAME
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Affairs
522 - Appropriation and audit of moneys.

     § 522.  Appropriation and audit of moneys.
        (a)  Appropriation.--Subject to an annual review and
     recommendations under subsection (b), all moneys in the Game
     Fund are hereby appropriated to the commission and may be
     expended only for the purposes authorized under this title.
        (b)  Audit and report.--
            (1)  A performance audit of the commission to examine the
        commission's compliance with its strategic plan for the
        concluding fiscal year shall be conducted by the Legislative
        Budget and Finance Committee and shall be submitted to the
        Game and Fisheries Committee and the Appropriations Committee
        of the Senate and the Game and Fisheries Committee and the
        Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives no
        later than February 28, 2000. After February 28, 2000, the
        Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall conduct a
        performance audit of the commission every three years no
        later than February 28th.
            (2)  No later than January 31 of each year the commission
        through its executive director shall submit an annual written
        report to the Game and Fisheries Committee and the
        Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the Game and
        Fisheries Committee and the Appropriations Committee of the
        House of Representatives which shall include the complete
        budget for the current fiscal year and for the next fiscal
        year. The commission shall meet with the specified committees
        of the General Assembly to receive oral testimony in relation
        to the annual written reports and to examine the commission's
        compliance with section 328 (relating to accountability) when
        so requested.
        (c)  Expenditures from Game Fund.--After review under
     subsection (a), the commission shall submit to the Governor, for
     approval or disapproval, estimates of the amount of moneys to be
     expended from the Game Fund. The State Treasurer shall not honor
     any requisition for expenditure of any moneys in excess of the
     amount approved by the Governor. Moneys in the Game Fund shall
     be paid out upon warrant of the State Treasurer drawn after
     requisition by the director of the commission.
     (Apr. 4, 1996, P.L.55, No.19, eff. imd.; Dec. 21, 1998,
     P.L.1274, No.166, eff. imd.)

        Cross References.  Section 522 is referred to in section 521
     of this title.